put the jinx on (something or someone)
put the jinx on (something or someone)
To invoke a curse upon someone or something that brings bad luck or failure. A: "Oh wow, he could get a shutout." B: "Did you really just say the S-word? Now you've put the jinx on him!" Someone must be putting the jinx on our company, because everything seems to be going wrong lately.
See also: jinx, on, put
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- bad word
- cess
- bad cess to
- bad cess to (one)
- invoke
- invoke (something) (up)on (someone or something)
- invoke on
- the curse
- (you) coulda fooled me
- above and beyond the call of duty